Buhari Mourns Former Minister Of Petroleum Tam David-West As He Dies At 83

Buhari Mourns Former Minister Of Petroleum Tam David-West As He Dies At 83
Former Minister of Petroleum Tam David-West has up the ghost at an old age of 83 today at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
The Nigerian academic and social critic had been rushed to the hospital and admitted at the Private suite after he fell ill for 11 days, and at 11:05 am today, he breathed his last, Punch reports.Buhari Mourns Former Minister Of Petroleum Tam David-West As He Dies At 83 In a statement released by President Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, Buhari mourned the former Minister who he described as an ‘ally and friend. Revealing that he usually calls the deceased “the indomitable Tam David-West,” he noted that deceased Tam David-West truly had an indomitable spirit. He noted further that the former Commissioner of Education in the old Rivers State, Minister of Petroleum and Energy under his military regime, and Minister of Mines, Power and Steel under Gen. Ibrahim Babangida regime stood resolutely by whatever he believed in.Buhari Mourns Former Minister Of Petroleum Tam David-West As He Dies At 83
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The President then commiserated with the deceased’s family, the people of Buguma, Kalabari Kingdom of Rivers State, the academia, and all those who loved him. He prayed that God will rest the soul of the ‘committed nationalist’, while urging all those who believe in the ideas he espoused to follow his example for the good of Nigeria and humanity in general.

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